- Target:
- Jumptv
- Region:
- Zimbabwe
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Zimbabwe, a once promising country, at one time considered to be the bread basket of southern Africa, is on the verge of total collapse. There is gross violation of human rights, beating up, torture and even murder of opposition supporters and ordinary citizens.
Elections are neither free nor fair and the economy is in ruins, with shortages of almost all basic commodities. The independent media has been silenced or shut down through use of draconian laws like AIPPA, BSA and POSA, and banishment or violence against independent and foreign journalists, preventing the rest of the world from knowing what exactly is going on in Zimbabwe.
The state broadcaster, the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation which enjoys monopoly in the field, is guilty of dereliction of its duty to inform and give an unbiased account of events in Zimbabwe to the rest of the world, and has chosen to become the mouthpiece of the government, spouting propaganda on behalf of this repressive regime while at the same time ignoring the atrocities committed by the same government against its own people, nor giving opposition parties fair or any media coverage. The story of Zimbabwe is a very sad one indeed.
Refer to: http://www.amnesty.ca/take_action/actions/zimbabwe_independent_media.php
http://www.zimdaily.com/print.php?a=1591
NB: Jumptv had actually considered not putting ZBC online for human rights violations(refer to article quoted above), but we do not know why they had change of heart as nothing has changed.
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There is acute foreign currency shortage in Zimbabwe at the moment, just as there are shortages of everything. The only place where it is readily available is on the black market and it’s been known for the government to resort to any means to get their hands on foreign currency and we are in no doubt they use the ZBC as a conduit of acquiring the currency.
We, the undersigned, respectfully call on internet broadcaster Jumptv to consider pulling the plug on the ZBC, as doing business with the ZBC helps prop up this repressive regime since they pay the ZBC royalties in much needed foreign currency, thereby prolonging continued suffering of Zimbabwean citizens.
The Pull the plug on the ZBC petition to Jumptv was written by Washington and is in the category Human Rights at GoPetition.